Escaping the straitjacket
A Harvard-trained M.D. talks about going ‘crazy’ and the struggle to stay sane
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Me and my shrinks
Dan Hill on the craziness of families, fame—and therapists
When life goes U-shaped
Around the world, happiness dips in mid-life. But how Canadian boomers experience it may be very different.
Chilean miners: That far down, who decides what’s law?
Even NASA sees it as a case study in isolation
The huge secret about FDR’s death
Americans were told their president died of a sudden stroke. Not true, says a new book.
The wrong fix
We put the mentally ill in jail. Now they’re ending up in solitary.
Students take anti-depressants more often than any other med
What are universities doing to address growing mental health issues among students?
Dawson rampage still having psychological impacts
Three years after shooting, 40 per cent of students, faculty suffer mental-health problems
Poll finds many U.S. college students stressed, depressed
Eleven per cent had thoughts of suicide or hurting themselves, half didn’t seek professional help